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Walkers Don Sneakers to
Help Chancellor Kick Off ‘Walk UCSD’
Some, including Chancellor Marye Anne Fox, wore shorts and sneakers. Others donned dress pants and comfortable shoes. One even pushed a stroller.
All 200 of them braved cloudy skies Friday to kick off UCSD’s new walking program. Walk UCSD aims to help staff, faculty and students stay fit, or get in shape. It offers nine walking routes throughout campus and allows participants to track their mileage. Walkers also can use their own, home-made itineraries. So far, more than 400 people have registered for the program online. More |
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Backs to the Future
 Tell an old Aymara speaker to “face the past!” and you just might get a blank stare in return – because he or she already does.
New analysis of the language and gesture of South America’s indigenous Aymara people indicates a reverse concept of time. More |
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Looking at Bellwether Race
UCSD Political Scientist Analyzes Impact of Bilbray Win
 The attack ads are off the air. The GOP is breathing a sigh of relief, according to the Associated Press. Democrats have said they feel they’ve made some gains, too. Gary Jacobson, a UCSD political scientist and one of the foremost experts on the race, answered questions about the Bilbray-Busby face-off Wednesday. More |
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Turn Out on Campus Low for June Primary
Election
 Students,
staff and faculty turned out to vote in the June primary
election Tuesday at UCSD. But turn out appeared to
be low on campus, following
a statewide trend. An estimated 38 percent of California
voters took part in the primary election, according
to the Secretary of State office in Sacramento. More |
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Supercomputer Center
Breaks Ground on Building Expansion
Chancellor Marye Anne Fox and San Diego Supercomputer
Center (SDSC) Director Fran Berman broke ground on
the center’s 80,000-square-foot building expansion.
SDSC’s building extension will double the size
of the national science, engineering and technology
center, adding needed room for trillions of bytes
of data, powerful supercomputers and more than 400
professional multidisciplinary staff. More |
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UCSD-TV’s “When Things Get Small” Sweeps Awards
 It’s
true that UCSD-TV’s “When Things Get Small,”
a program that takes a comical look at nanoscience
and features a world-renowned physicist playing a
wacky version of himself on screen, falls outside
the expectations of mainstream science-for-television
fare. More |
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Medical Center Salutes Nursing
Excellence at Award Ceremony
 Nurses,
family members, friends, guests, and health care professionals
gathered at UCSD Medical Center for the annual Nursing
Excellence Awards ceremony to honor Dorothy Macavinta
as the 2006 David and Alice Miller Nurse of the Year.
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Exemplary Staff
Honored
Alonso Noble has been named the 2005-06
Principal Exemplary Staff Employee of the Year.
He and the nine other Exemplary
Staff Employees will be honored at a ceremony at the
Faculty Club on June 12.
Upcoming Staff
Education and
Development Courses
Budgeting
101B: Permanent Budgets, Staffing, and Online Transfer of
Funds
06/15/06
8:30 am to 12:30 pm
Negotiating
Effectively 06/20/06
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm |
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Wonders
of Water
Outdoor Fun Debuts at
Birch Aquarium at Scripps
Saturday, June 17, 2006
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM |
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The
Best of ICAM
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Atkinson Hall
Main Auditorium (Calit 2) |
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Chancellor Fox will
hold the last of three Town Hall meetings with faculty,
staff and students. The one-hour sessions include a
brief overview of campus initiatives and a Q & A
about campus issues.
• Staff:
June 22, noon – 1 p.m., Eucalyptus Point |
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Civil Society
and Democracy
in Latin America
(Edited by Richard Feinberg, Carlos Waisman, and
Leon Zamosc)
A dense web of private associations drawn from multiple social
classes, interest groups and value communities makes for a
firm foundation for strong democracy. In Latin America today,
will civil society improve the quality of democracy –
or will it foster political polarization and reverse recent
progress? Distinguished theorists from the United States,
Canada and Latin America explore the diverse impact of civil
society on economic performance, political parties, and state
institutions. More |
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